My Work

Forum Postings

Jacob's Room

Lumpkin response to his role
Tony is the Key x2 about how he moves things along
Significance of title discussed meaning
how it ends up how it fit goldsmiths intention

The Making of A Poem

Closest to Human Speech? -talked about free verse vs. blank verse
Then Why Read? -discussed the nature of form
What is a poem? -Talked about forms and rules
Better Without Rhyme?- discussed the differing views on rhyme
Essay AND Poem- discussed Pope's diction and how that might impede a reader
Random Question - discussed whether deviations are good or bad

Essays

The First Topic - discussed how the essay was well written
Communication with Others- discussed how communication is important to a poet's purpose and that misunderstanding can be good sometimes.
Define It- discussed whether there is an actual definition to poetry and prose
Difficulty v. obscurity- talked about the definition of obscurity
Field of Meanings- discussed how I like the metaphor of a poem as a field of meanings
Why so personal?- discussed how Shepard could possibly be speaking for others as well
Nature- discussed why Pope emphasized nature so much
Wit - discussed whether wit can be learned or not

As I Lay Dying

Anse vs. Whitfield - talked about the nature of their punishment.
Jewel is Addie's- talked about where Addie's violence stems from
Prosy Poetry- discussed definitions of prose and poetry
The Music- talked about the confusing nature of the music
Flood and Fire- connected essay to flood and fire
Darl in WWI- talked about the possible social commentary
Was Addie a Good Mother?- talked about how terrible she was
Eyes- discussed Faulkner's intent on why he focused on eyes
Shouldn't Jewel Have a Say?- discussed Faulkner's intent when he gave Jewel only one chapter
Vardaman's Style -discussed the nature of his chapters
Addie's Revenge- talked about her motives
Anse's Burden- talked about Anse's horrible nature
Significance of the Horse- talked about what the horse symbolized
Anse at End- talked about what the ending could mean

The Cherry Orchard

What an ending- discussed Firs speech
They're Gone... - discussed the meaning of the line
Laughter (Or Lack Thereof) -discussed how The Cherry Orchard was a comedy
Insensitivity - talked about the purpose of it
Strange Vanya -talked about his awkward behavior
memory - talked about the significance of the past
Madame Renevsky -talked about her role in the play
Foils - discussed what Peter was talking about when it came to truth
Who Knows - discussed what Peter meant by our ninety-five senses
The Prologue of the Play -discussed the purpose of the intro
Why Vanya?- discussed his conflicts
The Perfect Use of the Theater -talked about symbolism of the theater

The Things They Carry

War Games- discussed the contrast between the two
Guilt- discussed guilt
The Man I Killed cont.- discussed that the person is person
American casualities -discussed the universality of death
The Paper- discussed what I wrote for the paper

The elegy and pastoral

the pastoral the historical context -discussed the history
what is a pastoral?- discusses what...a pastoral is
Looking West from Laguna Beach at Night-discussed what nature is
Mock Orange -discussed the title and its classification
Pygmalion's Image -discussed the significance of nature
gender specified vehicles? -discussed the reasons for a boat's name

Long Day's Journey into Night

Fog- discussed what it represented
Trust - discussed the vicious cycle
House or Home- discusses what the definition of home is
An Autobiographical Play -discussed whether he was creative or not
True Love?- discussed how the morphine affected Mary
The Life of Tyrone -discussed that he may actually have hope
The Card Game -discussed what the game actually represented
what's going on with mom? -discussed the validity of heid's theory
Fiction, but not, how effective? -discussed how author's experience can enhance the novel
Walking on egg shells -discussed the tension in the family

Invisible Cities

Structure -discussed the mathematical structure
Women's names -discussed why Calvino chose women's names.
Math Curse -a topic I started be excited!
Alive -discussed what makes a city "alive"
Anachronism -discussed why they are present in the novel
Just One City -discussed how many cities may be one
Two -discussed the nature of Polo's storytelling
Poetic Prose -discussed the effect of it
Dark City names -discussed the meaning of the names.

Collaborations

(non-post pages made with others)
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Discussions

links to discussion pages (see tab above) to which you've contributed

External Links

Carmel Catholic
brtom.org





This page was last revised by MSu-c on May 23, 2008 9:42 am.